Man Lassoed and Tied 9-Foot Alligator to Railing Above Canal

A Florida man was arrested after he called the authorities to report that he saw an alligator tied to a fence by its jaw, and they came to believe he was the person responsible for the act.

According to reports, there are over one million alligators in the state of Florida, and there are several ways the state protects them from harm. Some of these include making it illegal to feed them and preventing them from being captured or keeping them or their eggs without a state license to do so, in addition to the creation of the Alligator Management Program which serves to assist with various problems involving alligators.

Early in the morning on July 31, the authorities in Cape Canaveral received a call from a man who said he was walking past a canal when he saw a white rope tied to the top rung of the metal handrail above. He reported that when he looked down, he saw an alligator at the other end, and it looked like he was stuck on the rope.

The authorities went to the location, but the man who called had already left. They checked the surveillance cameras of a nearby SpaceX building that was placed in a spot that might have recorded what happened to the reptile. According to reports, when the footage was reviewed, they identified the suspect as the man who called and initially reported the situation. They asserted that he used the rope to intentionally lasso the nine-foot gator and then tied it to the railing before walking off.

Around noon that day, deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office went to the man’s local address and took him into custody. He was booked into the county jail on a preliminary charge of alligator poaching – illegal killing, possessing, or capturing alligators, a third-degree felony.

It was reported that the alligator was euthanized.

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